Exterior of the Family Dollar store which was flood-damaged two years ago Monday, April 21, 2014 in Fort Plain, N.Y. Repairs have been made and the store is set to open soon. (Lori Van Buren / Times Union)

Interior of the Family Dollar store which was flood-damaged two years ago Monday, April 21, 2014 in Fort Plain, N.Y. Repairs have been made and the store is set to open soon. (Lori Van Buren / Times Union)

Interior of the Family Dollar store which was flood-damaged two years ago Monday, April 21, 2014 in Fort Plain, N.Y. Repairs have been made and the store is set to open soon. (Lori Van Buren / Times Union)

Fort Plain Mayor Guy Barton points to repairs inside the Family Dollar store which was flood-damaged two years ago Monday, April 21, 2014 in Fort Plain, N.Y. Repairs have been made and the store is set to open soon. (Lori Van Buren / Times Union)

Exterior of the Family Dollar store which was flood-damaged two years ago Monday, April 21, 2014 in Fort Plain, N.Y. Repairs have been made and the store is set to open soon. (Lori Van Buren / Times Union)

Interior of the Family Dollar store which was flood-damaged two years ago Monday, April 21, 2014 in Fort Plain, N.Y. Repairs have been made and the store is set to open soon. (Lori Van Buren / Times Union)

Less than a year after floodwaters from the Otsquago Creek ruined the Save-A-Lot and Family Dollar stores in downtown Fort Plain, the Family Dollar is nearly ready to reopen, town officials said Monday.

The Save-A-Lot store, Fort Plain's primary grocery, opened last September. three months after the flood, thanks to volunteers who helped with the cleanup and assistance from National Grid.

Work on Family Dollar didn't begin as quickly, but its corporate parent said it would reopen sometime in early 2014.

On Monday, Mayor Guy Barton said the store likely will reopen within two or three weeks. Interviews to fill 20 jobs are under way, he said.

Both stores were in one of the lowest points in town, and although earthen berms were built to protect from Mohawk River flooding, the water that rushed through town came from a different direction, Barton said.

He called the June 28 event a "flash flood" that followed a rainfall of 8 inches in less than an hour's time, overwhelming the Otsquago Creek, damaging or destroying houses, and killing one person.

Barton said the toll could have been higher had the flood happened in the middle of the night.

The village is installing a flood-warning system that will include sirens to alert residents in case of future flash floods, Barton said.

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State funds helped homeowners with repairs and National Grid also helped with grants and other assistance.